From the press release: The dinner, from 7 to 9 p.m., includes a family-style, farm-to-table meal, with each course prepared by a local Dallas celebrity chef (my add: who’s active on the locavore scene): Graham Dodds of Central 214, Sharon Hage of SHage Consulting, Chad Houser of Café Momentum, Nicole Van Camp of Chef Nicole’s Secret Supper Club, and Mark Molter of Tart Bakery. The ingredients will be donated by Urban Acres’ local organic farmers, including Caprino Royale in Waco, Sand Creek Farm in Cameron, Larken Farms Orchard in Waxahachie, and Richardson Farms in Rockdale. Proceeds from the event will provide scholarships for local farmers to participate in a workshop with Salatin the next day.

Joel Salatin pioneered alternative farming practices on his 550-acre Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley. He figures prominently in Michael Pollen’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the films Food, Inc. and Fresh. He’s a quiet but forceful guy. On another visit to North Texas, I offered offhandedly that it would be hard to scale up his style of farming to agribusiness size, and he was quite persuasive in explaining why it is possible and profitable.

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